Aroon Purie, Managing Director

Aroon Purie Managing Director

An alumnus of the London School of Economics and a Fellow of The Institute of Chartered Accountants ( England and Wales ), Aroon Purie is responsible for the strategic direction of the company. He started his career in 1970 at Thomson Press as Production Controller and still continues to be its guiding force.

As Editor-in-Chief & Chairman of The India Today Group as well as Chairman & Managing Director, TV Today Network Limited, he sets the journalistic style for the largest, most respected magazine publishing group and media conglomerate in India. He also heads the new joint venture with the Daily Mail, U.K., to launch newspapers in India shortly.

He has served as Chairman of the Council of Management, Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) in 2000-1; Chairman & Member of the CII's Committee on Media & Entertainment in 2003-04; and, is presently a Member of the Executive Committee of the Editors Guild of India and Vice-Chairman, Board of Directors, of the International Federation of the Periodical Press (FIPP).

He is also the recipient of many prestigious Awards - The B.D. Goenka Award for Excellence in Journalism (1988), The G.K. Reddy Memorial Award for Outstanding Contribution to Journalism (1993-94), the ITA Scroll of Honour, 2003 (News & Current Affairs) from the Indian Television Academy, amongst others. Recently, he was conferred the prestigious Apsara Award from the Film and Television Producers' Guild of India for his Outstanding Contribution to Indian Television. He was awarded the PADMA BHUSHAN - amongst India 's highest civilian honours from the President of India in 2001.

Vinod Kumar, Executive Director

Vinod Kumar Executive Director

As CEO of Thomson Press including its digital operations, Vinod Kumar looks after all its investment centres located in Delhi, Faridabad, Noida,Chennai,Mumbai and Mauritius. He has been with the company for the last 21 years and has been the architect of the various diversification and expansion plans.

Earlier he had a long stint at Metal Box, a premier packaging company in India as Corporate Head of Finance and was also responsible for Independent Investment Centres including its paper and plastics division.

His experience of over 40 years in printing and finance offers a wealth of guidance to all team members. He has been instrumental in the company achieving a reputation in the market as a quality printing and high-end typesetting service provider.

A Chartered Accountant by qualification, he is an associated member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants , India and also holds a masters degree in Finance Management from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management, Bombay.

Anil Mehra, Group Executive & Finance Director

Anil Mehra Chief Financial Officer

C J Jassawala, Chief Operating Office r

C J Jassawala Chief Operating Officer

C J Jassawala joined Thomson Press, Print Business as Chief Operating Officer in December 2006.

He did his post graduation in Human Resource Management from XLRI, Jamshedpur and was selected to join the Tata Administrative Services. There after, he worked for 23 years with Voltas (A Tata Group Company) culminating in his last assignment there as Vice President - Operations and Business Head. He carries a wide experience in leadership, team building, turnaround management and business excellence.